NDP win in Alberta followed by surprise snow, Twitter blizzard
CBC News | Posted: May 6, 2015 1:52 PM | Last Updated: May 6, 2015
Has Hell frozen over in Alberta? Many on Twitter think so
Between a surprise snowfall and even bigger surprise election result, Edmontonians woke up to a new world on Wednesday.
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On Tuesday night, the NDPs lead by Rachel Notley won 53 seats, securing a majority government. Then, within hours, the skies opened to release a heavy layer of wet snow.
And it didn't take many on Twitter long to draw a connection between the two.
Some went the tongue-in-cheek route:
While others adopted a Game of Thrones bent:
Still, some correlated the surprise snowfall with the departing PCs:
On the other hand, at least one Twitter-user pointed out this fact:
What do you think about the climates colliding?